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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 303, NWS Paducah, KY

November 10, 1998Christian County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 1998, 9:12 AM CST for Christian County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 1998, 9:12 AM CST (15:12 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1998, 9:45 AM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Christian County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 10, 9:35 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 55Crofton, KYSix trees were blown down in the community of Crofton, crushing a tool shed and at least one vehicle. A small metal shed was lifted off the ground and destroyed. Electrical power was knocked out for 3 hours in Crofton.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 10, 6:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 116 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1998-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1998-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 448 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1091 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
448 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
547 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 8:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg43 min
Nov 10, 9:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHTodd40 min
Nov 10, 3:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter25 min
Nov 10, 4:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter, Ripley47 min
Nov 10, 4:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne45 min
Nov 10, 4:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler45 min
Nov 10, 5:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger36 min
Nov 10, 5:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPerry45 min
Nov 10, 5:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.